My son finds the reasons for calculations-we don’t have to offer or come up with opportunities for practice. He also determines his item methods for calculation, asking for help when something is elusive. We have given all our kids Base 10 from the beginning, and this definitely informs how they calculate, especially in their heads. […]
Rowan AAI Market Day – Planning Session 1
Rowan is preparing to share his business with the kids/group at AAI, as part of the Kids’ Market Day. This session covers most of his planning needs, except some business management logistics and the market day display/space. https://youtu.be/6eM3xhB2_dU
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COMMUNICATION METHODS From a paper written by Tim Buckley “Narcissism,” NVC’s founder Marshall Rosenberg would say, “is a diagnosis.” The thought: “He’s a narcissist” creates separation between me (the judge) and you (the object.) As soon as those thoughts enter our minds – good and bad, right and wrong – we are knocking at moral […]
How About Six?
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Solar Storms : The Hiccup of Society
https://youtu.be/85-p9EIEVUA What causes, or what’s happening at sun spots? (Find an image to include, or a short video, copy in the url.) Geomagnetic energy was so abundant that telegraph operators were able to send messages without being plugged into their batteries. What year was this event recorded, and what did they call it? What is […]
Geometric Explorations
Kahn Geometry Intro Course to Geometry Basics Brilliant.com Geometry Foundation We’re using the Basic Geometry through Kahn for an intro into basic geometry terminology, function, and concepts. She took an assessment at the beginning of the course and successfully responded to 53% of the questions accurately, and so the system has configured her course accordingly. […]
Seeing Sound
Rowan’s interest in sound engineering continues to develop. His latest focus is to extend his dj station with additional output of signal (sound) to more devices (speakers). In order to support his exploration and desire, he installed a small Behringer mixer, but soon discovered that while it has a lot of inputs, what he really […]
Grandparents, Gravity, Goodies, and Dessine
Will complete this entry when I have the mind to get all the images together. Tinker Crate with Grandpa – they did the fiber optics constellations and the defy gravity game Grandpa tuned the piano and Lily has become fascinated with not only playing but watching the mechanics. Today she stated she’s going to […]
Algeria, Texas, Scale, Ratio, and the United States-Faster
Lils is diving into the Stack the Countries game, which not only focuses on global location/geogrpahy, but also political facts, information, languages, and customs. For every 8 or so questions she answers accurately, she is awarded another country across the globe. So far, she has about 20 countries, giving her at least one within every continent. […]
MinutePhysics
Our new favorite site and Youtube channel: MinutePhysics Today, so far, we’ve watched all the following videos. She’s now playing Minecraft, and I get to sit back and wait until she starts regurgitating what we’ve just watched. This is one of the most enjoyable aspects of educating her as we do – being present when, after […]